Welcome to the Family

Chapter 28

A/N: Warning! We do NOT condone drug use or prostitution. The moral of this story is many things, one of those is not using drugs or self medicating. Both selling your body and using substances are illegal and not good for your overall health. Please be safe!

When I woke up I realized Dianna and Eddie were still away for the weekend which means I am still home alone. I got up, denying myself any kind of breakfast, and sat watching TV while trying to figure out what I should do. There are probably many things I could be doing and there are probably even more things that I need to be doing. All my feelings still have not gone away. I still feel depressed and fat and I wish there was more I could do about it. I walked around the house for a while hoping to find something.

“Jackpot,” I said to myself.

To my surprise they have a secret alcohol stash in the kitchen. I am guessing they assume nobody will sneak into it considering the family’s past with drugs and alcohol. They probably don’t get into it much anyway. Maybe they won’t notice. I took out a bottle without bothering to see what it was and took a swig. Yeah, this’ll work. I went up to my room to drink my sorrows away for a while. I sat in my room with the bottle and my music playing through the stereo. This isn’t as fun by myself. I hear my phone ringing and look at the screen. It’s a text from Maddie.

“Marissa and I are gonna have a girls day today. Do you want to come and stay here for the rest of the weekend? So you don’t have to be alone at home?” I read the text message.

I look between the bottle and my phone. A couple years ago I might have answered that family and friends were more important, but not now. I unlock my phone to text back. Texting back now is the smartest decision because I don’t want to try to text Maddie later when I stop thinking straight.

I text her: Nah, that’s fine. It’s peaceful here. I have homework to catch up anyway. Have a nice time.

I added a smiley face to the end of the text before pressing send. I took another swig of the bottle and set my phone back on my table. I switched the song on the stereo and continued drinking. I am getting lightheaded and everything feels cloudy. Good, that means the alcohol is working. I need more. I find myself laughing after another ten minutes of drinking. Now it really is working. My plan all along: drink my sorrows away for a while.

Maybe I need something more than alcohol to complete this process. I took out my bag, pulling out the bag of coke. This is more like it.

As I go to the table  about to start snorting some of it Al texts me; so when is our next date?

I start thinking about Al and how nice of a guy he is. I then get a flashback and think, this is what I need. I begin snorting the coke and when the drugs finally started going through my system I felt like I was on top of the world. I began dancing to the music and took one final swig of the bottle before forgetting that completely for the coke. All my cares and all my problems floated away for good. Not only am I lightheaded and feel like I am floating, I have a ton of energy flowing through my system; more energy than I ever had after drinking any kind of energy drink.

I feel the high wearing off and take it as an opportunity to snort a little more coke before this incredible feeling disappears forever. This isn’t as much fun alone either. I need a friend for this. I pick up my phone and call the one person I know that will have fun with me: Boe.

“Jessy?”

“Hi Boe,” I laugh.

“Are you high?”

I laugh more, “Obviously. Will you come hang out?”

“What about the family?”

“Don’t worry about it they’re not home. Dianna and Eddie are gone for the weekend and Maddie is stuck at Marissa’s.”